"Take my fever punch, you brat!"
Hakari grinned wildly as he pulled his fist back. Blood-stained his mouth and teeth, giving him an intimidating air as he punched forward with his muscles bulging.
Akira, too dazed from the double strike to his neck from those invisible shuttle doors, failed to move or block the punch, allowing the fist to crash into his face.
Crack!
A loud crack echoed out as Hakari's fist landed square on Akira's cheek, denting it instantly and causing his body to lift from the ground, before shooting out like a bullet.
Boom!
Akira's body crashed through cars, cutting them in half, before blowing straight through a building on the other side of the street, breaking walls and furniture as if they were cardboard.
Swoosh!
Akira came to a halt, landing on his two feet shakily as his arm came up to wipe the blood leaking from his nose.
The cracked bones below his bruised skin were already starting to mend back together, the cracks extending through them healing due to his monstrous constitution.
"Such a powerful punch... Looks like I'll have to put in some effort today," Akira sighed as he looked through the hole his body had blown in the building, his eyes tracking Hakari's body as he ran towards him.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Three pachinko balls shot out from Hakari's palm, breaking the sound barrier multiple times over, flying towards Akira with crushing momentum, breaking anything in their paths apart.
Akira's eyes widened in surprise and awe at the unscientific scene unfolding before him. His centre of gravity lowered, his brain suddenly undergoing a change.
Endorphins were released from his body, along with adrenaline, pumping through his body on command. They lessened his stamina usage, enhanced his durability and endurance, while giving him a boost in strength.
His reaction speed also jumped up, allowing Akira to track the balls flying towards him. Before, they were a blur; now, they were still fast, but he could move and dodge them.
"Is this magic? Whatever, I'll ask him after I win this fight!"
Putting all useless thoughts behind him, Akira grinned, using Mach movement to burst past those pachinko balls.
Boom!
The pachinko balls crashed through a dozen buildings behind Akira, their small stature giving them exceptional penetrating power, not to mention their speed.
"You dodged those? Not bad for a kid who couldn't even use cursed energy!" Hakari exclaimed in surprise before a massive amount of cursed energy shot out of his body like a pillar.
Click!
A shuttle door slammed towards Akira, who punched through it with pure strength and technique, using Mach Fist as if it were a basic punch.
'I could never do this before!' Akira thought in surprise at his own growth. Using Mach Fist required a certain time for preparation, but now he can do it almost instantly!
Seeing Akira punch through his shuttle door, Hakari dashed to the side, his leg tensing before unleashing a whip kick that connected to Akira's midsection.
The kick sent Akira stumbling back, the concrete ground around the two beasts cracking for dozens of meters, the shockwave breaking every window in the surroundings of buildings.
'This guy's resistance is through the roof! How can a hyumaqn be this strong without cursed energy?!'
Hakari watched as Akira dashed towards him, faster this time. He dodged to the side, the wind from the attack grazing his cheek and leaving a blood trail.
Click!
Shuttle doors burst into existence, attacking Akira from the sides, before a bunch of pachinko balls burst through the air, striking towards Akira's body.
"Ugh!" Akira groaned in pain as the shuttle doors clamped him down, his body struggling as he broke two instantly. But it was too late to dodge as the slight lag allowed the pachinko balls to strike him.
PFFF!
PFFF!
Two pachinko balls drilled into Akira's body. A pachinko ball shot into his stomach, his flexing muscles stopping the ball at the muscles, and not allowing it to shoot through into his organs.
Meanwhile, the second pierced his shoulder, hitting his shoulder bones with enough force to leave a crack and a dent in his bones.
Akira's eyes bulged with veins, the pain of those two strikes causing his body to wake up even more. His muscles bulged with veins, his two arms tensing as he clapped.
BOOOM!
"Ugh!" Hakari felt his ears burst open with blood, a massive sound wave erupting from the clap and causing his body to lose functions for a second.
Akira flexed his muscles, shooting the pachinko balls out of his body as if they were bullets, grazing Hakari's body and leaving deep gashes on him.
'Looks like I'll have to use that on him... Ah, whatever, if he dies, he dies! It's not my fault he picked a fight with me!' Akira's face cooled off, turning into an ice hell as he relaxed.
Lifting his hands above his head, Akira's mouth opened, a sigh leaving his lips as he closed his eyes. The dazed Hakari was already back to normal, his eyes widening as he suddenly sensed warning signs shot off in his mind.
'Something dangerous is gonna happen if I let the kid do whatever he is trying next!' Hakari thought, dashing forward at full speed, his cursed energy wrapping around his legs in an effort to increase his speed.
But it was too late.
Boom!
A shockwave surged from Akira, shooting into the sky and above the city, where the face of a translucent demon appeared. Akira grinned, his eyes turning pure black, as his back started shifting.
The face of a demon appeared on his back!
Akira's vision cleared, and the rushing Hakari was now much slower in his eyes. His stats had at least tripled compared to his Demon Mind endorphins and adrenaline state before.
Mach Fist!
A simple jab was thrown by Akira, leaving behind sounds a dozen times. A white blur shot into Hakari's chest, and the sorcerer felt as if a hole was blown straight through his chest.
And that was the exact case. Hakari looked down, a fist-sized hole blown clean through his chest, as well as a fist-wide gully extending for hundreds of meters behind him, blowing through cars, steel and buildings as if they were paper.
Silence settled between them, smoke drifting off from Akira's closed fist, which slowly loosened and opened, falling to his side. Akira and Hakari's eyes locked, and the two stared at each other for a second.
"N-Not bad kid..." Hakari muttered, his voice coming out shallow and choked as his lungs were almost blown apart from the punch as well. His eyes looked serious, his hands coming up into a sign before the hole in his chest.
Akira watched with confusion as cursed energy surged into Hakari's hands, before a sudden warning shot rushed through his mind, along with a surge of information.
"Domain Expansion..."
"Idle Death Gamble!"
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